Measuring-machine attachment for cloth-winding machines



0. TURNER. MEASURING MACHINE ATTACHMENT FOR CLOTH WINDING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.-II I919. I 1,391g431. PatentedSept. 20, 1921.

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' jr zvenfor 4 ,jolylws TLI'IZHCI i D. TURNER. MEASURING MACHINE ATTACHMENT FOR CLOTH WINDING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-II. I919.

PatentedSept. 20, 1921.

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l lpplicati on file d'nugus t 11, 1919. Serial No. $316,542.

T 0 all to 7mm it may concern Be it known that "I, DQUGLAS'TURNER, a citizen-of the United States, residin in the city'of St. Louis and State of-lVIissouri, have inventednew and useful lmprovements in Measuring rMac'hine Attachments for Cloth-Winding Machines, of which the following'is' a specification.

This invention relates to cloth winding machines, and particularly to an "attachment or accessory for measuring thelength of the cloth wound by the machine. "These windingvmachines are largely used for windin off bolts of cloth to be sold by wholesa e, and carrying a'given lengthof cloth.

In the operationof Ithese windinginachines, the cloth'isusually pulled over or past a guide roller andiwhen measuring machine is used for measuring the length roller so rthattthemeasuring roller or' driving roller of the measuring, machine rests upon the cloth Iying'on the 'faceof the guide rolle'rf r The 7 general obj ect' of the invention is to provide improved means-for s'upporting the measuring machine toinsure uniform tribution of .v the" weight of the measuring machine upon the uide roller, thereby in suring efficiency anc accuracy'in "driving the indicating mechanism. of the instrument it has also been object to provide improved means for setting-thefindicating mechanism back to zero after'vthe measurement has been taken. "f-f The invention consists in the novel features, and in. the general combination of parts to be par icularly described hereinafter, allof which contribute to produce a simple and efiieient'measuring machine attachmerit for cloth-winding machines. A preferred embodiment of my invention will be particularly described in the jfollowing specification, while the broad scope of my invention will be pointed out in the appended'clairnsfjfl f" i -In 'the drawing,

-Eig'iire" 1 [is a vertical cross-section through awinding machine illustrating the practical application ofmy invention;

Fig. 2 is a planof the measuring "machine and its supportingmeans, upon an enlarged scale; a '1' Fig; 3 is a side elevation ofthe measuring maeh'ne and illustrating the means for supiis' porting it on the frame, and mechanism back to zero. I

Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-section further illustrating the means for settingithe-intlieating mechanism back to zero;

fOr setting the Fig, 5-is a'cross-section showing details of the carrying mechanism;

Fig. 6 is an elevationfurther illustrating details of the carrying mechanism -and Fig. 7 isa longitudinal section through the carrying mechanism corresponding to either theunitor tens wheel Before proceeding to describe a specific application ofthis invention, I desire to say that' the"device aifordsineans for supporting the measuringmachine insuch a way that the wei ht'ofnthe measuring machinewwill be most effectively imparted throughthe measuring roller to theicloth whidh' is passing under' 'therineasuring roller,.'and in order to effect this result, I": provide means ,for supportingthe measuring machine on the frame in such a way thatcithe measuring machine can rotate bodily, so as to enable Ithe face of the measuring roller to" adaptitselfl to the face of.theroller'over'which the, cloth passes and with which the measuringrbller cooperates. 7-: MIn accomplishing this, I prefertolsupport the measuring machine so that it is capable ofrotatingv about two difierent, axes,one of which'is disposed transversely tofIthe axis of the. measuring roller and preferably, lies substantially in the middle fpl ane'o'f fthev measuring roller. I also pfroviidesuitable meanslfor adjusting the measuring, machine bodily with respectto. the guide'roller over which the cloth passes. The mechanism for driving the' iindicating mechanism of the measuring machine iricludesa clutch id ViQ of'it's' equivalent, andI providehand-oper; ated means which is capable of opening this clutch at will, and simultaneously resetting the indicating, mechanism to ,the zero position, i

lThe winding machinec'lof a common type 1 may include an elevated table2 across which 7 the web-3 of cloth isfidrawn in windingit from one of.the bolts ,4 t0 the opposite 5. e I f i 7 suitable, manner so, that as the cloth passes it will advance the'i'ndioa'ting mechanism.

- The :measuring machine is mounted in any a,

so that its measuring roller will cooperate with another roller on the winding machine, for example, a guide roller 6 which is disposed .opposite a similar "guide roller 7 with which it cooperates to guide the cloth across the upper face of the table 2.

I tact with the-roller 6 throughout the length of the measuring roller. This supporting means preferably consists ofa head 12 hav-.

ing two forks 13'between which a knuckle 14 is pivotally mounted on gudgeons formed by the ends of oppositely disposed bolts 15, the axes. of which form a horizontal axis of rotation for the measuring machine.

In'order to enable the measuring roller 10. to adapt itself to the alinement of the axis of the roller 6, I prefer to provide a second axis of rotation in the form of a swivel joint 16 which connects'the measuring machine to the knuckle 14. This involvesthe use of a swivel pin 17 the axis of which is located midway between the forks 13 and also preferably lies in the middle plane of the measuring roller 10.

The supporting means 11 forthe measuring machine is provided with suitable-means for attaching it to the frame; of the machine, and the construction of this part of my nvention will depend somewhat on the peculiar design of the winding machine to which the device is applied. 5

In adapting the device to the winding machine illustrated, I provide an arm18, the outer end of which carries a head 12, and I providefmeans for attaching this arm to the frame 9 of the Winding machine. In the present instance, the frame of the winding machine includes a longitudinal bar 19 disposed above the table 2, and I utilize this bar to support the arm 18; to do this I provide a bracket 20 having a socket 21 with a hinged cap 22 which enables the bracket to be readily attached to the bar'19. The bracket "20 also includes a guide ring '23 which may be integral with thesocket, anda through this guide ring 23 the arm 18 is passed. At one side the guide 23 is provided with a set-screw 24, the end of which engages the side of the arm 18 and clamps itin any one of a plurality of possible adjusted positions. At its inner end the arm 18 is provided with ahead 25 which limitsthe outward movement of the arm.

The indicatin mechanism of the measuring machine inchu wheels or counters indicated collectively by the number 26, (see Fig. 2), mounted upon a shaft, and including a fraction-wheel 26 des a plurality of number= which indicates fractionsof a unit of measure, such as a yard. The fractionrwheel is driven from the measuring roller 10 through a clutch or clutch device. This is preferably accomplished by means of a pinion 28 whic is rigidly mounted on the shaft of the measuring, roller 10, (see Fig. 3).v This pinion on a stub shaft 32, and this'stub shaft carries 'a pinion 33, (see Fig. 4), which meshes with a gear-wheel 34 rigid with the fractionwheel 26*. At the end of each revolution the fraction-wheel carries over to a units wheel 26 and at the end of each. revolution of the units wheel'26 it carries over in a SImI': lar manner to the tens wheel 26. Any suit- In its elevated position the gear-wheel29 meshes with a gear-wheel 31 which is carried able carrying mechanism may be provided,

for example, the well known .mechanism shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 In Fig. 6,26? f gear wheel 35, that meshes with a pinion 36 rigid with a Geneva'stop wheel 37, see Figs.

5. and 7, in which 38 represents a single tooth wheel carried by the fraction wheel 26*. At each revolution of the' fraction wheel 26, the single-toothjwheel '38 turns the. Geneva stop wheel 37 through apartial turn, and thereby rotates the pinion36 far enough 'to rotate the gear wheel 35 and the unit wheel 26 through one number spacej] Any suitable returning means may be provided for returning'the indicating mechag nism. The means which I haveillustrated comprises parts on the wheels andjcooperat-j ing parts controlled by hand. 7

indicates that the units wheel carries a rigid A In order to understand the returning the indicating mechanism consisting of the number wheels 26 to their zero position, it

should be understood that these-numbe'r- Wheels are allloose on'the shaft 27, and each number-wheel is provided "with returning means such as a heart-shaped camr39. The;

carrying mechanism for each wheel of higher denomination, (see Fig. 7 is mount 2 wheel,- and these-arms 40 areall mounted on a rockshaft 41. -.The rock shaft 41 also car ries a returning means in the form ofa .re-'

ed on an arm 40 correspondingjto that turning arm 42 corresponding to eachheart I as a lever 44 is attachedto the rock shaft ISO Now, by moving this lever toward the left, as viewed in Fig. 4, the arms-40 will swing down so asto disconnect the can? ing mechanisms from the number whee s, thereby permitting them to rotate freely and independently of "each other. The furthermovement "of the lever 44 will bring the rollers 43 up against their corresponding heartshaped cam's '39, andthis'contact will rotate each cam and its corresponding number wheel until each I roller 43 arrives at the notch or most depressed point 45 of the cam. \Vhen in this position the number wheels will all be returned toz'ero'so that the number zero will 'show'in each of the windows 46 on the upper side of the measuring machine;

In order to openithe clutch, (consisting of. the gear'wheels 29 and '31) the rock pla' 'teBO is rocked so as'to separate these-gears. This is accomplished throughthe actuation of the lever 44. For" this purpose, theend-of the rock shaft 41 carries a rigid arm '47 which is connected by a link '48 with an arm of the rock plate 30, Ipr'efe'r to provide a flexible or yielding connection between the "arm 47 and the link 48 which includes a pin '49,, running in a slot '50 infthe link, and I provide a spring 51 connecting the pin 49 with a pin 52 on'the link 48. With 'thisorgani'zation of parts, it is evident that the force is applied yieldingly to the rock plate.

The actuating --member or lever 44 is mounted on the measuring machine in such a way that the application of the actuating force to it by ones hand tends to maintain contact of the n'ieasuring roller 10 with the roller 6 that is to-say,-it is mounted so that it does not tend to "swingthe measuring machine away from the roller 6 when it is set back to zero.

I prefer to provide the yielding connection described above for the reason that if the gear wheel 29 shouldstrike an obstruction in its path when swinging down to its depressed position, no harm will be done, as the spring 51 will simply be extended after the downward movement of the gear wheel 29 is arrested.

I shall now briefly describe the mode of operation of the measuring machine.

As the web 3 of the cloth passes over the roller 6, it rotates the measuring roller 10 which actuates the pinion 28 to rotate the gear wheels 29 and 31, the latter of which rotates the pinion 33, (see Fig. 4), and this drives the'large. gear 34 which is carried by the fraction-wheel 26*. Through the carrying mechanism indicated in Figs. 5 to 7, this wheel 26 carries to wheels 26* and 26 in succession so that the wheels cooperate to measure the length of cloth which has passed the measuring roller, it being understood that the measuring roller 10 is of a predetermined diameter, and the number wheels 26 will indicate the amount of of the lever 44 toward the left brings the rollers'43-of the arms 42 against the cams '39 carried by the number-wheels, thereby -returning them, to zero.

I The swivel joint at 16 permits the measuring'mac'hine 8 to. swivel bodily on an axis substantially at right angles to the axes of the-measuring roller '10 and the guide roller 6. This enables the measuring roller 10 to adapt itself to the -'al-inement of the axis of the roller 6, and insures that the measuring roller will press itself uniformly against the cloth 0n the roller 6. This action is also {facilitated by the presence o-f the pivot bolts '15 "operating-as gudgeons,=whic'h permit the rotationof the measuring machine bodily on their axes asano'ther axis of rotation.

"The position of the measuring machine with. respect-to the guide roll-er 'Gmay be nicelyadjusted by means of the arm 18 and theset-screw 24. The bracket 20 maybe applied so that the arm 18 is heldabove the bar .19 if it should happen that the bar 119 is relatively lowdown, with respect to the table 2, (see "Fig. 3), but in Fig. 1 I have illustrated the bracket 20 as applied in. an

opposite position, with the arm located below'the bar 19. While I have shown the arm 18 in a horizontal position in Figs. 1 and 3, it should be understood that, if desired, it could be held in an inclined position. This depends entirely on what position the cap 22 of the socket 21 is secured in.

It is understood that the embodiment of the invention described herein is only one of the many embodiments my invention may take, and I do not wishto be limited in the practice of my invention nor in my claims, to the particular embodiment set forth.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a cloth winding machine, the combination of a frame, a roller supported by said frame, means for drawing the cloth past the said roller, a measuring machine having a head having two forks supported on said frame, a knuckle pivotally supported between said forks, and a swivel connection between said knuckle and said machine.

2. In a cloth winding machine, the combination of a frame, a roller supported by said frame, means for drawing the cloth past the said roller, a measuring machine having indicating mechanism and having a measuring roller lying above and adjacent to the face of the first named roller and transmitting a part of the Weight of the machine to said first named roller, means for supporting said measuring machine on said frame at. another point, a clutch for driving said indicating mechanism from said measuring roller and a hand actuated member for openingsaid clutch and for returning said indicating mechanism to the zero position, and mounted to be operated by a movement exerting a downward pressure on the measuring machine.

- I 3. In a cloth winding machine, thecombination of a frame, a roller supported by said frame, means for drawing the cloth past the said roller, a measuring machine having indicating mechanism and having a measuring roller lying adjacent to the face of the first named roller and transmitting a part of the weight of the machine to said first named roller, means for supporting said measuring machine on said frame at another point, a pinion rigid with said measuring roller, a rock plate mounted to rock on the axis of the measuring roller, a gear wheel carried by said rock plate and meshing with said pinion, a gear wheel for driving the indicating mechanism from said last named gear V 4. In a cloth winding machine,the combination of a frame, a roller supported by said frame, means for drawing the cloth past the said rol1er, a measuring machine having indicating mechanism and having a measurmg roller lying adjacent to the'face of the first named roller and transmitting a part of the weight of the machine to said first named roller, means for supporting said measuring machine on said frame at another point, apinion 'rigid with said measuring roller, arock plate mounted torock on'the axis of the measuring roller, a gear wheel carried .by said rock plate and meshing with said pinion, a gear Wheel for driving the indicating mechanism from 7 said last named gear wheel, a hand operatedlever carried by the measuring machine and mounted so that the application of the operating force is in the direction to press the measuringmachine downwardly upon the first named roller, means actuated by said lever for actuating said rock plate to separate said gear wheels and thereby disconnect the measuring roller from the indicating mechanism and means also actuated by said lever for returning the indicating mechanism to thezero position.

YIn testimony whereof, Ihavehereunto set i m hand. Y V y -DO'UGrLAS 'IURNER. 

